Improving health care and patients’ lives, one step at a time
The GRIIS research team brings together professionals in computer science, medicine, health care and social services, law, ethics and philosophy.
The GRIIS interdisciplinary projects address critical issues — from IT and informatics to health care systems, from clinical practice to biomedical research, from law to ethics.
Society is becoming more complex. Health data is stored in many different places. Researchers and clinicians need access to this data to deliver patient-centred health care. This data is also needed to improve the quality, cost and efficiency of health care services.
What if clinicians could integrate new knowledge seamlessly into their practice?
Delivering quality health care
The GRIIS conducts research that helps health systems improve health care. Quality health care is:
Safe
The health care system must avoid harming patients.
Effective
Health care should be evidence-based.
Precise
Clinicians should make their decisions taking into account patients’ biology, culture and sociocultural context.
Timely
Unnecessary delays suggest defects in the system of health care.
Efficient
A system should minimize the loss of resources, funds, opportunities, time, space, capital and ideas.
Fair
Gender, ethnicity and income should not deprive patients of the best possible health care.
Research projects
Consent for access to health data for research.
Accessing the right data, at the right place and time—with patients’ consent.
Research fields
Knowledge modelling
Temporal database hosting
Access to heterogeneous data sources through mediation
Securing distributed systems that process sensitive data
Legal and ethical dimensions in using health data for research
Publications
GRIIS researchers publish articles in computer science, informatics, law, ethics and philosophy.